Alannah Matthews - Downstream

‘Downstream’ is an hour of covers and interpretations (1940s/60s onwards) of old folk standards and ballads. Featuring artists like Karen Dalton, Dave Van Ronk, Ted Hawkins, John Fahey, Mary O’Hara as well as contemporary artists like Lankum, Katy J Pearson with H.Hawkline, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Niamh Bury, the show gathers the songs which have come downstream from generation to generation, bringing with them new interpretations of old mythologies and sentiments.